Timo Lehne Purchases 85,028 Shares of SThree plc (LON:STEM) Stock

SThree plc (LON:STEM) insider Timo Lehne bought 85,028 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 25th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 375 ($5.02) per share, with a total value of £318,855 ($426,961.70).

Timo Lehne also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 12th, Timo Lehne acquired 13,436 shares of SThree stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 435 ($5.82) per share, with a total value of £58,446.60 ($78,262.72).

SThree Price Performance

Shares of STEM stock opened at GBX 363.50 ($4.87) on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of £481.49 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 865.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.98. SThree plc has a 12-month low of GBX 330.50 ($4.43) and a 12-month high of GBX 457.50 ($6.13). The company has a quick ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 1.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.91. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 401.08 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 419.26.

SThree Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 7th will be issued a GBX 5.10 ($0.07) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.22%. SThree’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4,047.62%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

STEM has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on SThree from GBX 430 ($5.76) to GBX 420 ($5.62) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 16th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 550 ($7.36) price objective on shares of SThree in a research note on Tuesday, June 18th.

SThree Company Profile

SThree plc provides specialist recruitment services in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics markets in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, the United States, Dubai, Japan. The company offers recruitment services for permanent and contract roles, as well as support services.